President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and his Angolan counterpart Jose Eduardo dos Santos are seen during their talks in President palace in Luanda on June 26, 2009. Medvedev said during his four-nation tour of Africa that his country did not seek to control energy supplies out of the continent to the West. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and his Angolan counterpart Jose Eduardo dos Santos are seen during their talks in President palace in Luanda on June 26, 2009. Medvedev said during his four-nation tour of Africa that his country did not seek to control energy supplies out of the continent to the West.

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  2. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks on the telephone from his office outside Moscow in Gorki on November 6, 2009. Reports North Korea is producing plutonium for atomic weapons are not new and should not be 'over dramatised' amid efforts to restart disarmament talks, the Russian foreign ministry said.
  3. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) meets with Health and Social Development Tatyana Golikova (R) outside Moscow in Gorki on November 11, 2009. The Russian health ministry is recommending people not go to work in order to curb flu viruses, the Interfax news agency reported.
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  5. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev attends a meeting with members of Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, in the Moscow Kremlin on November 5, 2009. Russia welcomed a US proposal on replacing a key nuclear disarmament treaty, saying it could help clinch a deal before the treaty expires next month, the foreign ministry said.
  6. Sitting near the Russian flag in the background, President Dmitry Medvedev is seen at a meeting with members of the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, in the Moscow Kremlin on November 5, 2009. Russia welcomed a US proposal on replacing a key nuclear disarmament treaty, saying it could help clinch a deal before the treaty expires next month, the foreign ministry said.
  7. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) shakes hands with Boris Shpigel, a members of the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, in the Moscow Kremlin on November 5, 2009. Russia welcomed a US proposal on replacing a key nuclear disarmament treaty, saying it could help clinch a deal before the treaty expires next month, the foreign ministry said.
  8. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a meeting with members of Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, in the Moscow Kremlin on November 5, 2009. Russia welcomed a US proposal on replacing a key nuclear disarmament treaty, saying it could help clinch a deal before the treaty expires next month, the foreign ministry said.

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